With more of us looking for alternatives to eating animals, new research has found a surprising environmentally friendly source of protein – algae.
The University of Exeter study has been published in The Journal of Nutrition and is the first of its kind to demonstrate that the ingestion of two of the most commercially available algal species are rich in protein which supports muscle remodeling in young healthy adults.
Promising? Sure. Surprising? Catch up with the science fiction 😹
I’m still getting through WE by Zamyatin, why what happens?
Soylent Green
One of the problems with large scale algae farming afaik is the algae getting contaminated by other algal species that are toxic and outcompete the edible algae. I’d like to see the solutions to that issue
It is a complicated topic, pest management strategies can vary. A lot of the time it is site and organism specific as far as what you’d end up with, certain species can be susceptible to different infestations. So many invasive organisms require different cures, these can include chemicals, fungicides, filtration, but these kinds of contamination events are somewhat expected after enough time, so as long as the same issue isn’t recurring too frequently, the economic strategy is to just reboot the pond after a clean.
Typically, the strategy is to outcompete what you may get contaminated with. Ideally your crop is a high productivity strain of algae (much more productive than things originating outside the pond), and as long as the algae exhibit faster growth rates, the invasive species doesn’t have an opportunity to take off as the desired algae will continue to take the majority of nutrients.
If you get something toxic in there, it’s gotta be dealt with accutely based on the critter, but other preventative strategies like inlet media filtration/heating, crop rotation, and organism population monitoring can help mitigate these things from starting up. A good review can be found here.
Unironically (within reason) I do not care where my proteins come from if they taste good enough and are renewable
I got some renewable protein for ya
These SICK LEFTISTS are going to FORCE THE CUM LOAF on you
Bro no! There is protein in trash. Would you pay for recycled mcdonalds half price no returns sold out of a alley?
If they reprocessed it in a way that posed miniscule health hazards and didn’t taste off I would not care
I’ve eaten hotdogs before, and they’re often found to contain HUMAN meat, what difference does it make
Maybe I will, don’t judge my kink.
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I get it!
Meat is meat i say
This pig meat is quite long
She said…
Those pills have pretty much the same colour as the food cubes in Farscape…
What did you think was in the good cubes?
I think they mention the contents at some point, but I don’t remember.
I’m not against algae as a food source, but the similarity of this research to Soylent Green’s cover source in the movie being plankton is hilariously on the nose.
I mean you’d think soy and lentils, wouldn’t you.
Is that surprising? I feel like that’s the least surprising option. Cricket flour was surprising.
Bugs are more spices than food
Snort some centipede heads go to the void
Algae and kelp can be really damn yummy, too. Takes work, but I remember having my first non-meat burger back in my teenage years and loving the hell out of it. It was this blend of kelp and algae and it was so damn good. It didn’t taste like meat, and it was miles better than any of the usual “veggie” burgers I’ve had since.
I’m jealous, I’ve always wanted to try a Krabby Patty
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Looks delicious mate!
